The Lumberjack, February 1, 1995.

              A S N A U A n rics
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not a % table notation Io
preventing a recall
A look at fttereotype* of
the lwenty*ometliing.V
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Spoils, Page 17
By M an' M arceau
The Lumlwrjack
A 20-year-old NAU student was arrested Sunday evening after m aking
a statem ent to police regarding the sexual assault and abuse o f] 0 female
NAU students and com m unity members.
Joshua Knotts, chem istry major, was taken into custody by NAU and
Flagstaff police dep artm en t officers at 7 p.m., NAU Police D epartm ent
Director Larvy K. Burnett said.
Barnett said Knot ts was booked into Coconino Coun tv Jail. He has
been charged with five counts o f sexual abuse, two counts o f attem pted
sexual abuse and one count of sexual assault.
Barne tt sai d se xu ai abuse oc curs when a suspec t either grabs o r fon dies
his victims.
City o f Flagstaff Ju d g e Ray O tero released Knotts on an unsecured
bond Monday m orning, a jail official said.
A preliminary hearing has been set for 1 p.m. Feb. 16 to determ ine
w hether probable cause exists to conduct a trial, Deputy County Attor­ney
T erri Steinke said.
Barnett declined to specify what evidence led investigators to arrest
Knotts, but said the agencies received leads from callers. Fie said police
arrested Knotts after questioning him.
Art Farm er, associate dean o f Student Life, said his office has re­sponded
to the situation by means outlined in the student handbook,
but declined to say specifically what action was taken.
According to the handbook, the university could impose any o f the
following sanctions: expulsion, suspension, probation, warning or resti­tution.
*
“While we cannot release details o f o u r response due to issues of
confidentiality, the campus community should know that we have
responded and have d one so in a way to alleviate campus concerns tor
safety the best we can at this time,*’ Farm er said.
T he polic e depar t m entsjoin ily investigated a num ber of sexual abuses
and physical assaults that occurred near the Flagstaff Urban Trail
See A R R E ST , Page 2
Chemical explosion
injures NAU student
By Becky Blankenship
The Lumberjack
A 25-year-old female NAU stu­d
e n t'w o rk in g on a chem istry
project was injured this m orning
when the container she opened
exploded. .
O fficials said th e w om an, a
chemistry' graduate student, sus­tained
burns to her lace and cuts
f>n her hands am i lace.
T h e first upgrade we got was
that hei condition was stable,”
U niversity spokesw om an Barb
Williamson said at about 10 a.m.
Flags tallT ire d ep artm en t offi­cials
d e c lin e d to re le a se th e
w om an's name.
.The woman was working alone
a onc-<|uart jar of a chem ical
in a Jab on
Physical Sciences building's
floor when the.chemical
flammable and reactive."
C he misiry Professor Don Gilbert
said ilie woman had worked with
the- chera ical before and was aware
of the hazards.
He said the explosion could have
occurred if water had gotten into
the container o r if the chemical
w;ts exposed to air for a long lime.
"H ither o f th o se two c o u ld
present a problem ,” he said.
The building was evacuated, but
no cither injuries were reported.
•The ventilation *ystem in the
building was cfcjsecf, and the gas
was sh ut oil, William son said.
Milam said fire officials were con­cerned
about the chemicals that
spilled onto the floor with the wa­ter
when the woman was put under
an em ergency ifaower.
“1 fit wouki rqict to someth ing, it
might rtHNc ancicpl«iai<m " he said.
DHmageesUmittcswcfTc notavail-
It is unclear what exactly caused
odium ainkfc *1s corfsft}cTT*rf tcncic,
for the
hut to reopen
Jeff PoppfThe Lumberjack Colorfest
Jennifer Daniels sophomore music education major, studies an oil painting by artist Jeramy Turner last Thursday afternoon in Old Main.
ASNAU proposes recall process changes
By Symphony Sanford
The Lumberjack
Proposed c hanges in the guide­lines
to recall or impeach Assoc i-ated
Students o f N A l' representa­tives
could make it easier to re­move
some officials and harder to
remove other v
Students will ha\<- the final sav
abou t th echanges during a speci a 1
election tentatively set for Feb. 2 1
They also will be voting on open
senate seats.
T he seals to be- filled are for the
G raduate College, th<- College of
the Arts and Sciences and the* Col­lege
of H ealth Professions.
William Arana vacated his posi­tion
as College of Health Profes-sioi
is senator last semester bee at tse
o f time constraints. T he other two
seats were not filled last semestei
U nder the proposed changes to
the ASNAU constitution, an lit­er
( ased am ount of student signa­ture's
would be needed on peti­tions
to recall or impeach senators
and executive officers.
Currently, the constitution re ­quire*
signatures o f 10 per< ent o f
the student body, which equals
about 1,800 students.
Senators voted Jan. 26 to increase
t he am oun t o f sign a tures recji i ired
on petitions to 15 percent. T he
increase must be approved by the
student body under the constitu­tion’s
bylaws.
The new percentage m eans peti-lionerswould
need to g ath ei about
2,700 signatures.
To recall a senator o f specific
college. the petition signatures
must come from students within
that college.
“We m ade it so the* procedure
was m ore patterned after the state
constitution,’' I ’.hester said.
ASNAU P re s id e n t B a rb ara
Chester said the senate proposed
requiring 15 percent o f signatures
so it would be m ore difficult but
n o t impossible to do a recall.
“We should make it easier to get
voted in and I think we should
make it harder to vote vou out.
Thev (students) can really abuse
the power of recall," said Jennifer
fen son. Senator-a t-Large.
“It s harder to get people to vote
than to get them lo sign a peti­tion,”
Jenson said.
See A SN A U , Page 9
Resumes make key impression during job hunt
<sard.
By Jenifer Ragland
71»r Lintilirrjart
Before job applicants meet a pro­spective*
c in p k ^ T .’ ih d r resumes
and cover letters make the- first
im pression determ ining whctliei
o r n o t tlnry will be called for an
intervk'w.
KWcen M ahonev. director o f ca­reer
developm ent in NAU Caroci
Services, said the function o f a
resum e is >t esen t an applkani ’s
r|iialilicaiion\ to an em ployer for
th e jo b Jk‘4* site in si-clung.
She flurl hefere students lx*#n
writing a remrme ihev mmi liawe a
focus for their job search and have
a clear"idea about the area into
which they waaitogo.
‘In le rrirw profe<*«nnal* in vour
field and find
out what kind of I j
expectations the I j
employer has." I |
M ahoney said. I j
“T h ey may b<
able to help you I j
determ ine what I •
e d u c a tio n or
skills are necessary to work
for that particular com pany.”
Mahoney said Indore students-begin
the resume-writing process,
tliry must assess their skills, inter­ests,
values, experience, ed u ca­tional
background and long-term
goab».
“T h e resume f orm at you use d e­pends
on what you want to stress
about yourself to an employer,*"
she said. “Cicnerally the most im­portant-
oi recent things are at the
lop o f the resum e."
A resum e ta n be presented in
sfcvral different formats, but the
ihree most com m on are: th e func­tional
resum e, th e chronological
resum e and tl»e accomplish merits
resume.
M a h o n e v said th e functional
resume is based on the applicant 's
skills rather than work experience.
This format may be ideal for col­lege
graduates whose skills were
developed through activities and
education rath er than paid posi­tions.
The chronological resum e is best
See JOBS, Page 12
Student dies in avalanche near Snowbowl
By Jen ifer Ragland
The Lunibrijack
An out-of-bounds snowboarding
ride down the south side o f a peak
near Arizona Snowbowl turned
into a fatal accident for one NAU
student wrhen he was caught in an
avalanche late Monday afternoon.
Sophom ore creative and com­m
unication arts m ajor Richard
Nurczynski o f C harlotte, Vt., was
pronounced dead at 9:23 p.m. at
Flagstaff Medical Center.
The 21-year-old student died o f
severe hypotherm ia and internal
injuries, FMC officials said.
Because ofNurczyn ski *s position
on the m ountain, the rescue at­tempt
took about five hours, leav­ing
the snow boarder trapped in
the snow for an extendedperiod of
time.
Capt. Sam W hitted of Coconino
County Sheriff's Office said sev­eral
things m ade an air evacuation
impossible.
‘T h e terrain was too steep for
any type o f helicopter landing,” he
said. ‘T h e elevation was also too
high for a short-haul rescue, which
involves suspending th e victim
under the helicopter.”
W hitted said Nurczynski was lo-catedin
the F reem ont Saddle area
of the San Francisco Peaks at about
10,800 feet in elevation.
“Considering the position the
victim was in on the slope, I would
say the rescue was as rapid as hu­manly
possible,” W hitted said.
Flagstaff resident Isaac Page. 21,
was sn o w b o ard in g along with
Nurczynski when the avalanche
occurred.
P a g e , r id in g in fro n t o f
Nurczynski, was able to grab on to
a tree and escape the avalanche
unharm ed. Whitted said.
“( Page) dug a hole so the vie dm
could breathe, and then called for
h elp ,” he said.
W hitted said Snowbowl ski pa­trollers
were airlifted to a point
above Nurczynski, and stabilized
him as best they could once thev
reached him.
Ski patrol then transported the
victim by toboggan down the m oun­tain
to a Sno-Cat tractor, which
took Nurczynski further down the
m ountain to a helicopter landing
zone.
Hospital spokeswoman Wendy
Collins said Nurczynski arrived at
the hospital at 8:10 p.m. Mondav
in critical condition.
“It was estim ated that the* ava­lanche
occurred at 3 p.m., and he
was in the snow from then until the
time he was rescued," she said.
W hitted said Snowbowl has ex­perienced
num erous avalanches in
the past, b u t n o n e as serious as this
one.
‘T his is the first time anyone can
rem em ber an avalanche occurring
that involved a person," he said.
W7h itte d said he believes
Snowbowl officials have done ev­erything
within their power to pre­vent
such incidents from happen­ing.
"They (Snowbowl) warn people
with signs a n d ropes, but the bot­tom
line is that it’s not illegal to do
what these people are doing,” he
said.
“It’s certainly not ret ommended,
but it’s not illegal.”
J.R. Murray, Snowbowl’s general
m anager, said the area where the
sn ow boarders w ere riding was
clearly m arked as out-of-bounds.
H e said avalanches do n o t
S ee S T U D E N T , P a g e 2
Student arrested
for sex crimes
► County attorney’s office files charges